Drinking-fountain.



PATENTED AUG 15, 1905.

J. V. MOGORMIGK. DRINKING FOUNTAIN" APPLICATION FILED NOV; 25 190aammwto a mayor-mick- JAMES V. MoCOltMiUhf, Uh PAT-Uri, TllQXi-iti.

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$pecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed November 25, 1904;. Serial N0. 234,265.

To all 11/71/0111, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES V. li icOonMIcK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Paris, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in.Drinking-hountains; and 1 do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in drinking-fountains.

The object of the invention is to provide a drinking-fountain having adrinking-trough to which water will be automatically supplied as thesame is removed by the stock.

A further object is to provide a drinking- .fountain having an air-tighttank in which the water will be kept pure and clean.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of adrinking-fountain constructed in accordance with the invention andshowing the arrangement of the same in a barn-yard. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of thesame.

In the embodiment of the invention I provide a tank having a concaved orinwardlyprojecting upper end or top 2, in which is formed acentrally-disposed filling-opening 3. in the side of the tank, near thelower end of the same, is formed a discharge-opening at, which opensinto a drinking-trough 5, arranged on and secured to the side of thetank.

The trough 5 may be of any suitable shape, but is here shown asrectangular and is adapted to receive water from the tank which flowsthrough the discbarge-opening i, until the level of the same is abovesaid discharge-opening-,at which level the water will be maintained bythe outside pressure of the air. Tn the bottom of the trough 5 is formeda dischargeopening 6, through which the Water in the trough may be drawnout when it is desired to clean the same, the opening 6 being normallyclosed by a plug or other form of stopper 7.

The filling-opening 3 of the tank is normally closed by a plug or otherform of stopper 8. When lilling the tank, the stopper 8 is removed andthe discharge-opening at is closed. After filling the tank the opening 3is closed and the stopper removed from the discharge-opening at, whichwill permit the water to run into the trough, as hereinbefore described.

Tn use, the tank is intended to be placed in the barn-yard, or where thesame may be conveniently reached by the stock. With the upper end of thetank will be connected pipes leading from the caves of the barn orneighboring buildings. During rains the lillingopening may be opened andthe dischargeopening closed, thus permitting the tank to be filled bythe water running from said roofs.

The tank and trough may be made of any suitable material, but isneferably constructed of galvanized sheet metal. The upper end of thetank is inclined inwardly or concaved to prevent the suction fromdrawing the same out of shape as the water is discharged. Theiilling-hole in said upper end is preferably of suflicient size topermit a man to enter the tank when it is desired to clean the same.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor detailsofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principleor sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The herein described drinking fountain, consisting of a cylindricalsheet-metal tank having an inturned integral funnel-shaped upper end 2,provided with a downwardlyextending central filling-opening 3, and aplug therefor, a discharge-opening near the lower end of said tank, atrough connected to said tank at its lower end to receive water from thedischarge-opening, a cleanout open- In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset ing 6 normally closed by a stop in the bottom my hand in presence oftwo subscribing Witof said trough, said tank being placed againstnesses.

a building, and pipes leading from the eaves- JAMES V. MCCORMICK.troughs with their discharge ends above the Witnesses: funnel-shapedupper end of the tank, essen- \V. T. BAKER,

tially as described. I A. M. MCCORMICK.

